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Proverbs 6:12
12A useless, wicked person is always deceiving people.
Proverbs 6:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
- English Standard Version (ESV)A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
- New King James Version (NKJV)A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;
Context of Proverbs 6:12
10You say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’ 11But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you. A useless, wicked person is always deceiving people. 13He sends secret messages with his eyes, his feet or his fingers. 14He uses evil thoughts to decide how he will hurt people. Wherever he goes, there is trouble.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:12 word by word
אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 6:12
- Proverbs 11:6When honest people are righteous, that will keep them safe. But the bad things that wicked people want will catch them in a trap.
- Proverbs 17:4People who do evil things listen to evil advice. People who tell lies listen to other people's lies.
- 1 Samuel 17:28When David was speaking with the soldiers, his oldest brother, Eliab, heard him. He became angry with David. He asked David, ‘Why have you come here? You should be taking care of a few sheep in the wilderness. Who is taking care of them now? I know how proud you are! I know about your wicked ideas! You came here only to watch the battle.’
- Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that are ready to eat early in the year. The other basket had very bad figs. They were too bad to eat.
- James 1:21So stop doing disgusting things. Stay away from the wicked things that are all around you. God has put his message deep inside you, and it can save you. So be careful to accept that message.
- Proverbs 6:14He uses evil thoughts to decide how he will hurt people. Wherever he goes, there is trouble.
- Proverbs 2:12You will not join with wicked people. You will keep away from those who speak false things.
- Proverbs 4:24Never tell lies or try to deceive other people.
- Proverbs 8:13If you respect the Lord with fear, then you will hate anything that is evil. I hate proud people who boast. I hate people who live evil lives. I hate people who say things to deceive others.
- Psalms 10:3Not only do wicked people boast because they get the things that they want. They also praise robbers, and they curse the Lord.
- Psalms 36:3He speaks wicked things to deceive people. He does nothing that is wise or good.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue is like a sharp knife! You talk about how to hurt other people, You speak nothing but lies.
- Psalms 59:7They shout evil things, and their words hurt like swords. They think, ‘Nobody can hear what we say!’
- Psalms 73:8They laugh at people and they say bad things about them. They proudly speak about cruel things that they want to do to people.
- Matthew 12:34You are like the children of dangerous snakes. You cannot say good things when your thoughts are bad. When you speak, your words show what is in your mind.
- Acts 20:30Even men from your own group of believers will teach things that are not true. They want to deceive other believers, so that they leave you and join with them.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12A naughty person - בליעל אדם adam beliyal, "Adam good for nothing." When he lost his innocence. A man apostata; Old MS. Bible. A wicked man - און איש ish aven . He soon became a general transgressor after having departed from his God. All his posterity, unless restored by Divine grace, are men of Belial, and sinners by trade; and most of them, in one form or other, answer the character here given. They yield their members instruments of unrighteousness…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12A naughty person - literally, “a man of Belial,” i. e., a worthless man (see the Deuteronomy 13:13 note). This is the portrait of the man who is not to be trusted, whose look and gestures warn against him all who can observe. His speech is tortuous and crafty; his wink tells the accomplice that the victim is already snared; his gestures with foot and hand are half in deceit, and half in mockery.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Eyes...feet...fingers...heart: These body parts describe a person's overall character, not just a single foolish act.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. A naughty person--literally, "A man of Belial," or of worthlessness, that is, for good, and so depraved, or wicked (compare 1Sa 25:25; 30:22, &c.). Idleness and vice are allied. Though indolent in acts, he actively and habitually (walketh) is ill-natured in speech (Pr 4:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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